Kettle-holders are things that must be in every household, and there is
nothing that ingenious little fingers can spend their time upon to a
better advantage in the days when they are too young to undertake more
elaborate and difficult fancy-work. Here is a design that can be easily
worked, and will be sure to please mamma if it is only carefully put
together, and all the stitches neatly taken.
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Cut the four leaves of the clover, from grayish-green cloth or flannel,
and baste them on a ground of pink cloth, as shown in the design. Sew
them fast with a fine button-hole stitch. Make the ribs of the leaves,
the stem, the little white triangular-shaped marking in the centre of
the upper edge of the leaf, and the white crescent on the lower part of
the leaf, also the four little white stems that join the four leaves
together, in chain stitch of white saddler's silk.
Let the border be of pink silk several shades paler than the pink
ground. Sew it to the main part by over-handing it neatly on the wrong
side. Work the horseshoes in the corners in chain stitch with gray
saddler's silk. Represent the nails by gold beads, which must be tightly
sewed on. Line the back with green flannel, turning in the edges, and
hemming it very neatly. The lining at the back should always be a
little--a very little--smaller and tighter than the front, or, as the
holder is constantly bent, the lining becomes loose and baggy.
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